Getting Serious About Composting 

I really enjoyed hearing from Gene after seeing him “behind the scenes” for many videos. 👍😊

Gene is one hell of a dude. Hats off to him (momentarily, of course!)

Great video! I leave a 4ft stick of rebar poking out of each pile. You can use it for a quick reference when you walk by to see if your pile is still hot.

I'm 4 minutes in and I have to stop and comment on the hats. Love your style, Gene. Keep it up.

One of the best videos about composting that I've seen. Saved it for future reference. Already thinking about where my system like that will go. You and Gene are what made RCF what it is and hope the foundation y'all put down will last them for years to come. Thank you from South Georgia!

How ingenious is that. Let Gene know I love his ideas. Finally found a need for the same concrete mixer that has been sitting around my place for a time...

Gonna miss Gene, he's such a cool dude. Big props to what he does, big asset to farm and community.

The world needs more people like Gene!

The multiple hats were funny

I’m glad we got to see Gene in front of the camera he is a natural I hope he starts his own RU-vid channel I would definitely follow him! Great Video!!!

God bless you Gene and Josh. It seems like you've had a great partnership over the last 10 months. I hope you can visit Josh on his new venture, at his own property in 2021.

That tremendous tremble is excellent getting that find compost! Wow!

A man that where's many hats is worth his weight in gold. God Bless Gene

Gene seems like he's got a lot of Good knowledge and communication skills. He should totally start a channel!

That sifter trommel setup is an AWESOME idea!!! 👍

Composting is the future - and these guys are at the forefront!

From now on my compost bins are gonna be Called bee-inns!😀

Brilliant! Loving the number of hat changes, hat continuity is sooo last year ;)

Love love love that ce-ment mixer / wheelbarrow setup. Sweet!!!

Here's to you Hatman! Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

The people demand a Gene spinoff RU-vid channel

Thanks Gene, you're a great asset with a lot of excellent information! It was nice to talk to you when I visited over the summertime! Cheers.

Josh.. Gene is gold man. Freaking gold.

Now I know what I want for Christmas! LOVE THIS CEMENT MIXER THINGY!

Thanks for showing how Gene compost. They will miss you greatly at this city farm.

Necessity the mother of all inventions. Looks like Gene has a very good system.Great Video. Thanks for sharing.

I like when he he was pricing out the trommel cost. "Sometimes you can find these Rubbermaid trash cans used on the side of the road" . I was thinking my road every thrusday its loaded with used trash cans... lol great video gene! Very informative.

Nice job, guys.

Outstanding, I am glad that you went back for us to see Gene's composting setup, I have been patiently waiting to see what he was up to,, and I am not disappointed.

That is a really smart system. My uncle made something pretty similar back about 30 years ago to separate worms from worm castings. He built a frame and just used an electric motor to run it. It was set on a slope and you put the material in one end and it rolled to the other end. The worm castings would fall out the bottom and the worms would ball up and roll to the end. I like the idea of the cement mixer so you don't have to worry about building the frame and all. I like how he has made it modular too where he can change out the trash cans. Very smart.

Your a great team !

Please make a quote shirt that says "Compost Boogie Brew" -Gene

How many hats does he have??? Love it!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

What a great idea! Very ingenious! Thanks so much for sharing your method. You’ve given us a lot of new ideas for our homestead! 👍

I love how he keeps changing hats in every shot. lol

Gene wore several of his hats in this video 👍

Humble behind the scenes Man; debonair stylish trend setter; inventor; - oh how we'll miss-" Gene Gene the working machine.

Gene-ius!!

Great job, Gene! Great to hear all this practical wisdom about composting. :)

Man of many hats.

Great video Josh & Gene! My compost is down for a chilly sleep in Fargo, North Dakota right now but I’m looking forward to some black gold next season. Thanks for all the inspiration!

This system is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! I need to make one ASAP

Gosh I love Gene. Seems like a great guy and a great farmer.

Way to go Gene! Nice work and great job explaining the process...

Loving all of your videos. Very informational. I like how you teach. Ty very much!

Absolutely *❤️* the home made trommel ! Gene is a treasure as well ...

Gene, the cool dude farmer. Simple and straightforward system. Keep the hats dem coming 👍👍

This is the most satisfying thing I have ever seen. The final shake looks awesome

Well done guys, that was fun and a little surreal!

This is great. I have been trying to figure out how to make just such a contraption. The bonus is that I have a large, hole filled trash can that I was getting ready to throw out. Now I can just drill more holes and give the can a new job. Perfect timing.

Great system

Gene is the MAN! Gonna miss him. Quick question...How many hats does Gene carry with him? I count at least 4 hat changes in this video.

Really impressive to see such dedication and wealth of knowledge!

Great video Josh. Gene is a trommel genius! So creative!

I turned down one of those cement mixers but after seeing this video I won’t do that again. Good video- very informative and hands on.

Great system, the entire thing! Thanks for sharing, and best of luck gene!

Thank you Josh! I plan to get my pallet compost in action this weekend.

I love Gene's style, pretty fashion

Love the trammell!

This is awesome, thanks for the great video!

Josh & Gene, thanks for the video and instruction. Looking to setup a similar stream to handle the wastes. Wondering what activity can be done to speed up the processes of decomposition. I have often seen agenda in the background so it is nice to get to know him better. Great job...

Gene is the rock on which RCF rests.

This is so genius! I want ALL the gadgets, seeds and gardening tools. This home gardener is going to be Market Gardening for the first time, God willing. I am on a tight budget and most $ will be returned into infrastructure and a high tunnel. Pulling myself up by my bootstraps. - Just a granny, lol! I am excited!

I enjoyed hearing his advice and tips!

Gene! Your a genius! Thanks for a great idea 💡

Awesome compost sifter.

Amazing machine, great engenier!!!!

The dude is a legend!

Please continue to feature Gene after you leave RCF. That or teach him how to start his own RU-vid because we all can agree we need more Gene in our lives.

I wish I had a Gene in my farm, or my life.

Great video 👍

Wow! what a great compost system.

Great video as always! How about a video on Gene's place in the future? Things do look a little different here though so maybe there is some of his place mixed in? Thanks!

Gene-ius. That system is the best I've seen.

I really enjoyed this video Gene did a great job. I really liked his way of separating the compost he did a fantastic job explaining everything Hi-5 Gene.

Excellent

Great idea I love it❤️

Fantastic video... learning so much.. hoping to do this

the trash can is a nice backyard engineering idea. I use a larger cement mixer and fill it with leaves then add some softball size stones and short pieces of square pipe or angle iron and run the mixer for about 5 minutes, this pulverizes the leaves into small pieces and breaks down some of the twigs and sticks into smaller pieces. I then put the pulverized leaves into big piles and leave them for a while to compost and further break down. Then I add this mix into the garden as mulch or use it in my potting soil mix and also use them for bedding in my worm boxes. this system eliminates a lot of the work of turning compost several times by hand. .In the garden the pulverized leaves retain moisture, add nutrients to the soil and attract earthworms.

what a great idea greetings from Ireland

You found Gold with Gene!

I've had a compost trommel on my "to build" list for a while!

Awesome idea Gene !

Dude!!!!! That's freakin awesome!!!!!

So great!

I want to be like Josh lol. And all the other framers I learn from. My goal is to get out of this big truck and into a farm of my own. Thanks Josh

Pretty impressive.... Really appreciate the dedication to the art of farming & growing, and really like the comment he made about dealing with waste is the first thing you have to contend with in any growing. I'm jealous of the mixer solution (and impressed too)... i just hand sift the results from my composting system.... Love to see more of Gene... thanks... Tom Cronkrite-tigard oregon

Please clone Gene. We need 10 of him to run our jobsites. 😊

Love it

Literally the man wearing many hats 🤣👍

I love this!

Gene's a gem

Love it !!!!!!!

Very interesting episode composed doing is very important can be easy or can be quite complicated I liked it very much

very cool

At home, we do that in buckets, less volume of course, but the process is faster. It takes about two weeks for a bucket to break down especially if the organic matter is chopped before it goes in.

I've found some strange things in manure I've bought in - a shovel, a lump hammer and today - mussel shells. When I sieve my compost I also find rat bones and try to see if I can make a full skeleton; still not been able to resurrect one yet.

Gene got a makeover!

3:15 you might add gypsum to your additives, the calcium helps with aeration. 4:01 the only way to speed up the process is to add oxygen(add blown air or a suction setup). Flipping a pile only adds additional oxygen for about 20 minutes max so to maintain an oxygen level above 10% you need a blower for your hot bin/pile. Horse owners can cycle their barn waste in about 90 days with blown-3x3x3-bins, no flipping necessary(for them).

Hey Josh, on the commercial compost you guys bring in both here and at your place, have you guys created a silverware 🍴 pile amongst plastic ware and other stuff that you find in there? I know I’ve had several loads of compost in the past year that really were not finished composting yet and I’m not sure how long it would have to set for the spoons and forks to completely break down, lol. I guess our compost supplier is just trying to increase the iron in our fields, lol!! Do you happen to know who our compost supplier in the area is? I’ve heard that we only have one major commercial supplier in our area so I’m sure my compost comes from the same pile yours does and I think my local landscape supply down the road said they go down towards Raleigh or that direction to get it. Thanks for the info again today josh, you and gene did awesome again as usual and I love all genes hats!! You really scored big time the day you met him for sure. Guys like you and him are getting extremely hard to find anymore